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At the crossroads of the earth and the sky: an Andean cosmology

Urton, Gary, 1946-

Year: c1981.

Publisher: University of Texas Press.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

1. An Ethnographic and Calendrical Description of Misminay

2. The Organization and Structure of Space

3. The Sun and the Moon

4. Meteorological Lore

5. The Stars and Constellations

6. Collca: The Celestial Storehouse

7. Crosses in the Astronomy and Cosmology of Misminay

8. The Stars of the Twilight

9. Yana Phuyu: The Dark Cloud Animal Constellations

10. Summary and Conclusions

Appendix: Steller Constellations Reported by Other Cuzco-Area Ethhnographers

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Title:

At the crossroads of the earth and the sky : an Andean cosmology by Gary Urton.

Author:

Urton, Gary, 1946-

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At the crossroads of the earth and the sky : an Andean cosmology by Gary Urton.
Urton, Gary, 1946-
Austin: University of Texas Press, c1981.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.03636

Subject Headings:

• Quechua astronomy
• Quechua philosophy
• Indian astronomy -- Peru -- Cuzco (Dept.)
• Indian philosophy -- Peru -- Cuzco (Dept.)
• Cuzco (Peru : Dept.) -- Social life and customs

Notes:

• Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) 1979.
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